Avalanche Alley - The New Pornographers

Cover your eyes, surprise your fate

It’s only an avalanche away, you’re safe

It’s only a scratch, you’re great

Several years after the flood

Your singularity under the gun

So late, so late to the game, so late

We thought it was wise to wait

Sent you blues from the last world

News from the future

Blues from the last world

News from the future

Several miles behind the wave

We needed to cross the ocean, we missed the ride

Lord knows we could use a ride

You summon the breath to finally say

It’s only an avalanche away, feels right

And you can stay here tonight

Yeah, you can stay here tonight

Sent you blues from the last world

News from the future

Blues from the last world

News from the future

Better angels formed the cottage industry

The testimonials, warning weather

Rules of the house

Are all graffiti scrawled

Ceremony calls, the tarred and feathered

Jewels in your crown

Are loud and proudly fake

Ceremony calls, the overthrowing

Consigned to the dustbin, all good lines thrown away

Defined by the daylight waves we found in Avalanche Alley

Controlled demolitions of the times far away

In line for the festival that we call Avalanche Alley

News from the last world

News from the future

News from the last world

News from the future